Comments for How do I find a file on my computer in Windows XP?

Comment from Bert386 on 2009-04-25

2009-04-25T21:07:15Z

Just another Flag waver for "Everything" I am a PC Tech ans would use everything at least 50 times a day on my own machine and probably the same amount on clients machines.
Can be used to find evasive files and even as a locator for virus removal......!

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Comment from Neville Turbit on 2009-04-24

2009-04-25T01:56:43Z

I downloaded a file called Xobni which plugs into Outlook. It is brilliant for finding things in Outlook. It displays emails by user, locates words, shows the contacts for another email user e.g. who was on the cc list of emails from them. All sorts of great stuff. Sits on the side of Outlook and can be expanded to a panel. I use it a few times every week to track down email details. Best of all it is free.

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Comment from David Emmons on 2009-04-22

2009-04-23T02:37:50Z

Rob and David are right! 'Everything' is really great. The reason that the searches complete instantly is that it uses indexing and updates its index each time it starts. And 'Everything' works with standard wildcards as well.

No more Windows 'Search' for me.

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Comment from David on 2009-04-21

2009-04-21T22:02:32Z

I agree with Rob. "Everything" is brilliant. Lightning fast. I`ve been using it for a while now and can't really fault it. It literally indexes everything. System files - the lot! If you have back-ups on other drives, it will show those and you can also do all the usual file manipulation (delete, re-name, drag/drop, etc.) from within the program, which makes Windows' Explorer look positively pedestrian. Be aware that it only works with NTFS formatted drives. As a matter of interest, I bought a WE 640 gig external drive and I didn't realise it was pre-formatted to FAT and couldn't understand why "Everything" wasn't indexing anything on that drive. Had to convert it. No problem now.

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Comment from R J Reynolds on 2009-04-21

2009-04-21T20:45:53Z

By far the simplest file search...Google desktop, a tiny app you download and install from Google.
It uses a double tap on the ctrl key to open a little dialog box, into which you type any word associated with the file you have lost, and up comes a list of files with that characteristic. Your lost file can be found in seconds, if it's actually there. It will even find files that you've deleted, which you can't any longer access. Simple and elegant.

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Comment from Ken Laninga on 2009-04-21

2009-04-21T19:56:22Z

Good; now should we cover that for VISTA?

There's a search box right on the start menu. Type "pst" (or whatever you're looking for) there and click "Search everywhere". At the bottom of the results is an advanced search button with many of the options described above.

- Leo
22-Apr-2009

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Comment from Rodney on 2009-04-21

2009-04-21T17:16:33Z

Better still, buy Directory Opus and make your PC
more Amiga-like.

I've had Winders xp-pro for 5 years and I still
hate it!

Rodney

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Comment from Rob on 2009-04-21

2009-04-21T15:56:25Z

'Everything' at http://www.voidtools.com/ is unbelievably fast and efficient at finding files by name or partial name etc. Completely free and unobtrusive, it just works.

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Comment from Ed Burkholder on 2009-04-17

2009-04-17T21:36:46Z

I have been using PCs since DOS 2.0 and one of my favorite and essential utilities is Locate32 by Janne Huttunen. It makes finding files by name, extension, size and/or date both fast and easy. An indexed database of your files is maintained that you periodically regenerate.

I maintain 1.5gb of files over three hard drives and can instantaneously locate any file with this program.

It is offered for FREE, no strings attached, but you can make a PayPal donation if you wish. www.locate32.net

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